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| CallMeAl:
I have been intrigued by the solenoid engines I have seen on this forum and on Youtube. When I acquired a rather large hydraulic valve solenoid off a surplus valve at work I thought it might be the seed I needed to start building such an engine. I also had an old cast iron barbell weight to use for a flywheel. The scale of these two items is going to make for a fairly good sized engine. When I consider how fast these engines get going, I thought it would be interesting to make it a fly ball governed hit & miss style engine. So I started by building the governor first. This will control a switch to interrupt the electrical current as needed to throttle the engine. Someone posted this drawing - forget who - I liked the design because it screws into the end of the crankshaft, at least that's how I'm going to use it. Here is my stab at building it, it seems to work on the drill anyway! Here is a test run: One part down, a lot to go. I plan to cast the base. It will be a horizontal engine - the design is still in progress. Don't expect the speed of others builds one this forum, I'm in no hurry and I am still figuring out how to build it! |
| crabsign69:
ill be watch very close here . nice flyball too |
| Powder Keg:
I've always been fascinated with those solenoid motors. I'll be watching this one close:o) |
| andyf:
I have to confess that I've never come across a solenoid engine before. :scratch: How does it work? Contacts arranged so that the plunger of a solenoid moves to and fro, like the piston in a conventional steam or IC engine, with a con rod and crank to convert the linear motion to a rotary one? Does it have any advantage over a normal electric motor, or is it something to build just for the fun of it? Not that there's anything wrong with fun, of course :) Andy |
| Stilldrillin:
Hmmm...... Yes..... I'm confused too! :scratch: But, watching! :thumbup: Nice work on the governer. :clap: David D |
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